Biology:Leptonida

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Leptonida
Munida delicata (MNHN-IU-2014-10659) 001.jpeg
Leptonida delicata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Leptonida
Macpherson & Baba, 2022
Type species
Munida delicata
Macpherson, 2004

Leptonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate Munida delicata, now Leptonida delicata, in a major revision of the genus Munida.[3] At the time, it was monotypic,[3] but the World Register of Marine Species lists another species[1] not mentioned in the 2022 revision. Leptonida delicata occurs in south-western Pacific Ocean.[3]

The genus Leptonida name combines the Greek leptos (=thin) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the thin carapace that characterize the genus.[3]

Species

There are two recognized species:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Leptonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom, Ahyong, Andreakis, Baba, Buckley, Garcia-Jimenez, McCallum, Rodriguez-Flores & Macpherson, 2022". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1605907. 
  2. "Leptonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/11559748. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Machordom, Annie; Ahyong, Shane T.; Andreakis, Nikos; Baba, Keiji; Buckley, David; García-Jiménez, Ricardo; McCallum, Anna W.; Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. et al. (2022). "Deconstructing the crustacean squat lobster genus Munida to reconstruct the evolutionary history and systematics of the family Munididae (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics 36 (10): 926–970. doi:10.1071/IS22013. 

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